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1847–1868

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Birth Date
11 October 1837
Death Date
20 August 1917
Gender
Female
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America Orser


Alternate Names

    America Mecham

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  • Surname is "Orser"  on her death certificate and Find A Grave website.

Appleton M. Harmon Company (1853)

  • Age at Departure: 15

Traveled with

  • Leonidas Moses Worthen Mecham (Age: 49)
  • Elvira Mecham (Age: 41)
  • Sarah Elvira Burdick (Age: 23)
  • Samuel Mecham (Age: 22)
  • Polly Packer (Age: 20)
  • Emily Haws (Age: 19)
  • Martha Mecham (Age: 14)
  • Lucina Mecham (Age: 12)
  • Elvira Jane Mecham (Age: 11)
  • Moses Moroni Mecham (Age: 7)
  • Celestia Ann Mecham (Age: 4)
  • John Derby Mecham (Age: 3)
  • Donna Maria Mecham (Age: 1)

Sources

  • “Appleton M. Harmon Company report, 1853.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1853-1855. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 29)
  • Black, Susan Easton. Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. (6 vols.), Book A, p. 405.
  • Find a Grave (Website)